George Franklin Huff
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George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 - April 18, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and later in Altoona, Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad car shops in Altoona.
He moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1867 and engaged in banking in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He later became largely identified with the industrial and mining interests of western Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1884 to 1888.
Huff was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress. He was again elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896.
Huff was again elected to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Mines and Mining during the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.
He died in Washington, D.C. in 1912, aged 69. He was interred in St. Clair Cemetery in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by Samuel A. Craig |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district 1891 - 1893 |
Succeeded by Daniel B. Heiner |
| Preceded by At-large: Galusha A. Grow Alexander McDowell |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district 1895 - 1897 alongside: Galusha A. Grow |
Succeeded by At-large: Galusha A. Grow Samuel A. Davenport |
| Preceded by John Dalzell |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1903 - 1911 |
Succeeded by Curtis H. Gregg |
Categories: Pennsylvania politician stubs | 1842 births | 1912 deaths | American businesspeople | Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State Senators | People from Altoona, Pennsylvania | People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | People from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
